Artwork from Make the Living Look Dead

Artwork from Make the Living Look Dead

Ruth Ewan; Artwork from Make the Living Look Dead; 1 leaf (recto); July 2011; | Commissions: Again, A Time MachineMake the Living Look Dead Artist: Ewan, Ruth;

Future Days produced by Ruth Ewan in response to an invitation from Book Works to participate in the commission Make the Living Look Dead as part of the Again, A Time Machine touring exhibition.

“The text ‘qhipa uru’ is an Aymara phrase meaning ‘future days’ although it translates literally as ‘back days’. In Aymara people talk of the past as being in front of them and the future being behind. Kind of makes sense as the future is what you can’t see and so is behind you…”